Ran

Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.

Genre : ActionDramaHistory

Runtime : 160 mins

Release Date : 1985-06-01

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**A good film, full of detail and historical verisimilitude, but painfully long without needing to be.** I've already seen two of Akira Kurosawa's most renowned films and, quite frankly, I still can't understand why this Japanese director is so commonly considered a cinematic genius. His films a...

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai

仲代達矢

(Lord Hidetora Ichimonji)

Akira Terao

寺尾聰

(Taro Takatora Ichimonji)

Jinpachi Nezu

根津甚八

(Jiro Masatora Ichimonji)

Daisuke Ryū

隆大介

(Saburo Naotora Ichimonji)

Mieko Harada

原田美枝子

(Lady Kaede)

Yoshiko Miyazaki

宮崎美子

(Lady Sue)

Mansai Nomura

二世野村萬斎

(Tsurumaru)

Hisashi Igawa

井川比佐志

(Shuri Kurogane)

Shinnosuke Ikehata

池畑慎之介

(Kyoami)

Masayuki Yui

油井昌由樹

(Tango Hirayama)

Kazuo Katō

加藤和夫

(Kageyu Ikoma)

松井範雄

(Shumenosuke Ogura)

伊藤敏八

(Mondo Naganuma)

Heihachiro Suzuki

(Fujimaki's General)

Kenji Kodama

児玉謙次

(Samon Shirane)

Haruko Tōgō

東郷晴子

(Kaede's lady in waiting)

Reiko Nanjo

南條玲子

(Hideota's concubine)

Tokie Kanda

Tokie Kanda

(Sue's lady in waiting)

Sawako Kochi

(Hidetora's concubine)

Kumeko Otowa

音羽久米子

(Sue's lady in waiting)

Takeshi Katō

加藤武

(Koyota Hatakeyama)

Jun Tazaki

田崎潤

(Seiji Ayabe)

Hitoshi Ueki

植木等

(Nobuhiro Fujimaki)

Takao Zushi

頭師孝雄

( - )

Yoshitaka Zushi

頭師佳孝

( - )

Tetsuo Yamashita

( - )

杉崎昭彦

( - )

Masaaki Sasaki

( - )

Satoru Fukasaku

Satoru Fukasaku

((uncredited))

Susumu Terajima

寺島進

(Foot soldier (uncredited))

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